Yes, I am implying that. Not shady, per se. But certainly not highly principled. Bush was a very principled leader. Obviously opinions vary on whether he was a good leader or not, but even most of his most ardent haters would agree that for the most part he meant what he said. When it wasn't dangerous or counterproductive to do so he was honest about his goals and intentions. Romney waffles on everything and constantly tells us he didn't mean what he said. Just happened with the 47% comment. That doesn't mean he can't fix the economy. I'm not really going to comment on that either because it would start a partisan argument, but I will say that his track record of turning around various entities economically is quite good.

Well, I and many other people had the waffler label on him since even before the primaries got going, so I don't really think any of it had to be built by the Obama campaign. It was already out there. And if you think horses and bayonets is in any way favoring Romney amongst independent voters you clearly spend NO time observing non-conservative media or talking to non-conservative people. That line resonated with independents for some reason, even though at the time it sounded to me like Obama was oversimplifying and putting words in Romney's mouth.

Obama claimed the ships were not needed, and Romney claimed they were. Fact checked said Romney was right. And the cherry on top was the fact that the US military still uses bayonets, Something that our commander and chief was clearly unaware of.